Pursuant to Article 3, Clause 4 of
the Supplementary Provisions to the Amended Commercial Code,
based on the former Article 3, Clause 1 of the Law for Special
Exceptions to the Commercial Code concerning the Procedure
of the Redemption of Shares, Asahi Kasei Corporation has repurchased
its shares from the market as follows:
- Purchase period:
November 16, 2001 – December 13, 2001.
- Number of shares repurchased:
9,200,000 shares.
- Total value of shares repurchased:
4,117,942,000 yen.
- Method of repurchase:
Purchase on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
For reference
A program of repurchase was authorized by the Board of Directors
on September 26, 2001, to be implemented as follows:
- Type of shares to be repurchased:
Common shares.
- Number of shares to be repurchased:
66 million shares (maximum).
- Total value of shares to be repurchased:
30.0 billion yen (maximum).
The cumulative number and value of shares
repurchased as of December 13, 2001 are as follows:
- Number of shares repurchased:
14,900,000 shares.
- Total value of shares repurchased:
6,460,244,000 yen.
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